Inclined plane magnetic game



March 18, 1952 G. E. FRAZIER V 0 9 r INCLINED PLANE MAGNETIC GAME Filed Fb. s, 1958 IN V EN TOR.

Patented Mar. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE INCLINED PLAN E MAGNETIC GAME George E. Frazier, Sand Springs, Okla.

Application February 18, 1948, Serial No., 9,224 2 Claims. (01; 273-108) My invention relates to games and more particularly to games in which men, disks or the like are moved over a playing surface to certain designated goals.

The object of my invention is to provide a game of the character indicated comprising an inclined playing surface, over which men in the shape of hollow half balls are moved under the influence of a magnet manipulated at a distance from the man by one of the players.

Another object of my invention is to provide a game of the character indicated, in which the in 'clined playing surface has a plurality of goals thereon, to which the semi-globular playing men are to be directed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game of the character indicated above, in which some of the semi-globular men are made from magnetic material and some from non-magnetic material to puzzle the players.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a game of the character indicated above, in which a permanent magnet is concealed in a rod or stick made from non-magnetic material, said rod being manipulated by a player to impart movement to the playing men.

Another object of my invention is to confuse the players more by providing playing rods appearing like the regular playing rod but not containing a permanent magnet.

Other objects of my invention not specifically mentioned may appear in the following specification describng my invention With reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention. It is however to be understood, that my invention is not to be limited or restricted to the exact construction and combination of parts described in the specification and shown in the drawing, but that such changes and modifications may be made, which fall within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

In the several figures of the drawing similar parts are indicated by similar reference characters and Figura 1 is a View in perspective withportions broken away, of a game apparatus constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figures 3 and 4 are sectional views taken through playing pieces or men as herein embodied;

-Figure 5 is a fragmentary View in elevation of a playing stick or cue as herein employed; and

Figure 6 is a'view similar to Figure 5 with a portion broken away.

The puzzle game forming the subject matter of my invention comprises a substantially rectangular body or board B having a longtudinally inclined playing surface o. A plurality 'of goals l l are provided in said surface at' preferred convenient places for a purpose to be described later. The body B is equipped with a comparativelylow upwardly extending frame l2 surrounding the playing surface ID. A plurality of men !3 are adapted to be moved over the playing surface by means of playing sticks or rods I4, which are adapted to be manipulated by persons using the puzzle game according to my invention.

The men !3 are shaped like hollow half balls and most of them are made from a magnetic metal. The playing sticks |4 are made from wood or any other suitable non-magnetic material and in most of these sticks a permanent magnet !5 is embedded. The semi-globular men !3 rest on the inclined playing surface so that the vertical axis, in which the center of gravity is located, extends at an inclination to the playing surface. When the player brin s the stick with the permanent magnet so near to the magnetic man, that the letter is located in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet l5, the semi-globular man is moved toward the magnet, but at the same a rapid twirling motion is imparted to said man, because the center of gravity of said man is dislocated relative to the playing surface supporting the man. When the magnet |5 is placed nearer to the left side of the man the larger portion of the man is attracted to the magnet, so that the man rotates in counter-clockwise direction, and when the ma net comes nearer to the right side of the man, the latter rotates in clockwise direction.

This rotating or twirling movement influences the man so that it does not glide directly toward the magnet !5 but is diverted from the straight line to the magnet.

The men !3 are placed in the uppermost portion of the playing surface divided from the major portion thereof by a transverse starting line !5. A cover Il of glass or any other suitable transparent material is set into the frame l2 above the playing surface at a level high enough to permit the men to move freely across the said surface. The player endeavors to direct one of the men IS into a selected hole i i by using a magnetic playing stick !4. When he misses his goal on account of the twirling motion of the man, he loses out and the next player has his turn.

magnet |5, so that a player may try unsuccess-.

fully to set the selected man in motion.

One or more of the men may be made from non-magnetic material, so that a player may use a stick I4 equipped with a permanent magnet l5, but can not set the selected man in motion. When the men !3 are located on the goals ll, the body B is tilted and moved to return the men into the space above the starting line 16. This causes sometimes one of the hollow semi-globular men to slip into another man, so that the player finds himself one man short. He has to try to move another man so that it bumps the man, in which the lost man is located, to spill the hidden man onto the playing surface.

The above description shows clearly how the game according to my invention may be used to entertain young and old by the unforeseen movements of the men under the influence of the magnetic power, and by the puzzling occurrences caused by selecting either a playing stick not equipped with a permanent magnet or a man .i

made from non-magnetic material.

I claim:

1. A game device for use in association with a hand magnet, said device comprising in combination, an inclined play surface having at selected locations spaced from the highest side thereof play piece receiving pockets, a plurality of hollow semi-spherical play pieces resting on their convex surfaces on said play surface, said pack- 2,59o,oo2

ets being concave and of a depth and diameter to receive the convex side of a play piece, certain of said pieces beingof magnetic material, and a cover overlaying and in spaced parallel relation with said play surface, said magnet being used above said cover to move the magnetic pieces and all of said pieces being entirely free moving for rolling and sliding movement on the surface relative to the pockets.

2. A game device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said play surface is continued at said high side in a horizontal -play piece starting surface, the' said starting surface having pockets therein to initially receive the pieces.

' GEORGE E. FRAZIER.

REFEREN CES CI TED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PA'I'ENTS Great Britain 191 5 

